Concrete Piling

Concrete Piling Diagram WHAT IS A CONCRETE PILING?

For homes and light commercial buildings, concrete pilings are concrete columns that are pushed into the ground under a foundation. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE PILINGS? Concrete pilings have several advantages:
1. They are fast to install (concrete drilled piers take twice as long to install). 2. Once they are installed, they can be used right away (concrete drilled piers must harden for a week before they can be used). 3. . They are cheaper than steel pilings. They ha!e a pro!en record of performance.

IS THERE A WARRANTY? Advanced Foundation Repair offers a transferrable lifetime warranty on its concrete pilings. There are no ifs, ands, or buts; the warranty remains valid as long as it is transferred from owner to owner.

HOW DO I KNOW THE WARRANTY WILL BE GOOD? Advanced Foundation Repair belongs to the Te as Foundation !arranty Trust. Advanced pays the Te as foundation !arranty Trust a fee for every "ob that is completed. #n e change, the Trust bac$s each "ob for which a fee is paid. !ith nearly one million dollars in assets, the Trust will be here for the long run. HOW LONG DO CONCRETE PILINGS LAST? #t is simple, concrete pilings will last as long as your concrete foundation. HOW ARE THEY INSTALLED? The installation process is simple.
1. "n each location where a piling is going to be installed, a hole is dug ne#t to the foundation. $ach hole is about the si%e of a doormat. The holes go down 2 feet below the bottom of your foundation. 2. 3. . (. +. ,. -. .. 1). 11. 12. &e#t, a concrete cylinder is placed in the bottom of a hole and under the foundation. ' high power hydraulic ram is then placed on top of the cylinder. The ram sits on the cylinder and the top of the ram touches the bottom of the foundation. The ram is acti!ated and used to push the cylinder down into the soil. The pressure applied to the cylinder will often e#ceed (),))) pound* Once a cylinder is dri!en all the way into the ground, another cylinder is set on top of the first cylinder. The two steel bars are then cemented into place. The second cylinder is the pushed into the ground, dri!ing the first cylinder before it. The process is repeated until no more cylinders can be dri!en. /inally, a cap is placed on the top of the column and two concrete cylinders are placed on top of the cap. 0hen all of the cylinders are dri!en, hydraulic 1acks are placed on the caps and are used to lift the foundation. Once the foundation is lifted, steel and concrete spacers are placed on the cap to support the foundation, and the hydraulic 1acks are remo!ed. The final step is to co!er the pilings and clean up.

WHAT IF I NEED PILINGS IN

Y HO!SE?

Concrete pilings can be installed by cutting holes in your floor and then digging down beside the interior grade beams. %f course, this is terribly messy, and can destroy e pensive tile and wood floors. An alternative is to dig tunnels under your home, and install the pilings from the tunnels. #f tunnels are used to install interior pilings, you can stay in your home while the wor$ is being done and your floors will not have holes cut in them& HOW ANY PILINGS HAS ADVANCED INSTALLED?

Advanced has installed hundreds of thousands of pilings across Te as. 'ilings have been installed from Amarillo to (rownsville.